Australia to send 8,000 vaccines to coronavirus-hit Papua New Guinea

Australia said Wednesday it will send 8,000 doses of AstraZeneca Plc's COVID-19 vaccine from its own supply to Papua New Guinea to help the Pacific island nation combat a spike in coronavirus cases.Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia will also make a formal request to the British pharmaceutical company and European authorities for a further 1 million doses of the vaccine that are contracted though not yet delivered to Australia to be sent directly to Papua New Guinea."We've paid for them and we want to see those vaccines come here so we can support our nearest neighbor, PNG, to dea…READ FULL ARTICLE